Bishop of El Paso presides at funeral of unborn child

[Holly3278]

El Paso, Dec 18, 2008 / 05:35 pm (CNA).- The body of an aborted or stillborn boy about 17 to 18 weeks old was buried in El Paso on Tuesday, with Bishop of El Paso Armando X. Ochoa presiding at the service.

The child’s body had been found at a wastewater treatment plant. Authorities do not know how the body came to be there, the El Paso Times reports.

After his body was discovered, the child was named John Andrew Rudy.

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This is so touching. I wish bishops would so things like this more often.

 

[Phemie]

I’m a little confused by the description. A fetus of that gestational age that weighs under 6 grams??